Download Apuntes-Direct Object Pronouns

Apuntes-Direct Object Pronouns
Direct object- is the person(s) or thing(s) that receive the action of the verb.
 answers questions What? or Whom?
 replaces/refers to things or people
 in English it translates to “it” when it replaces/refers to things
 agrees in # and gender with noun they are replacing
 when the pronoun replaces both masculine and feminine nouns use los
 la, los, las may be confused with the definite articles la, los, las; just
remember when one of these words isn’t followed by a noun, it is probably
replacing one (noun) rather than serving as an article
In Spanish:
Lo
La
Los
Las
The DOP comes right before the verb. (in case that there’s a negative: the no
precedes(before) the direct object pronoun
ejemplos:
a.
Vicente no trae las bebidas a la fiesta. (Vicente doesn’t bring the beverages to the party).
Vicente no las trae a la fiesta. (Vicente doesn’t bring them to the party).
b.
El jefe no invita a las mujeres. (The boss doesn’t invite the women).
El jefe no las invita. (The boss doesn’t invite the women).
Personal a
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there is no translation in English for it
when the direct object of a sentence is a person or any word referring to a person
the preposition a is placed in front of the direct object
disappears when turned into a pronoun
ejemplos:
a. María invita a Laura. (María invites Laura.)
b. El padre mira a los niños. (The father sees the children.)
c. El maestro llama a los estudiantes. (The teacher calls the students.)
Direct object pronouns
Singular
me (me)
te (you)
lo (him) or (it)when replacing an object
la (her) or (it) when replacing an object
you formal (usted / ud.)
María la invita.
El padre los mira.
El maestro los llama.
Plural
nos (us)
os (you all)
los (them) or (it)when replacing an object
las (them) or (it)when replacing an object
you formal (ustedes / uds.)
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to determine which pronoun to use consider what pronoun you would use if you
were using a subject pronoun and select the direct object pronoun from the
“same” spot in the table.
Direct Object Pronoun Placement
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before the conjugated verb
Benjamín tiene los discos.
Yo tengo la pluma.
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attached to the end of an infinitive
a. when there are two verbs in a sentence the first verb gets
conjugated and the second verb is left in the infinitive form
Voy a mirar la televisión.
Daniel la quiere llamar.
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Benjamín los tiene.
Yo la tengo.
Voy a mirarla.
Daniel quiere llamarla.
attached to a participle
a. since attaching to the participle messes up the natural stress an accent
mark must be added to the vowel preceding(before) –ndo
b. you can always choose to place the object pronouns in front of the
conjugated form of estar and avoid using a written accent mark
Juan la está llamando.
Están mirando la TV.
Juan está llamándola.
Están mirándola.
Transitive Verbs- verbs that require a direct object, it sounds incomplete if
you try to use them without a direct object
dar- to give
traer- to bring
invitar- to invite
llamar- to call
comprar- to buy
llevar- to carry (away), to take (away), to wear
querer (e>ie) – to want
escribir- to write
mirar-to watch, look, to look at
ayudar – to help
buscar- to look for
esperar- to wait for
necesitar- to need